Senior Analyst FP&A

symplr is seeking a Senior FPA Analyst to provide embedded analytical support for the Technology/RD organization and help build the financial operating system for engineering investment, workforce planning, capitalization discipline, productivity, and technology cost structure.

This Bangalore-based role will partner with the Sr. Director, Engineering FPA, the U.S.-based Engineering FPA Manager, Engineering leadership, Product Professional Services FPA, Accounting, HR, Procurement, and Corporate FPA to translate engineering activity, capacity, and cost drivers into accurate models, clear reporting, and useful business insight.

The right candidate is hands-on, analytically rigorous, highly curious, and comfortable going deep into workforce data, engineering spend, capitalization inputs, contractor/vendor analytics, cloud/tooling costs, and recurring FPA deliverables.

Duties Responsibilities

symplr is seeking a Senior FPA Analyst to provide embedded analytical support for the Technology/RD organization and help build the financial operating system for engineering investment, workforce planning, capitalization discipline, productivity, and technology cost structure.

This Bangalore-based role will partner with the Sr. Director, Engineering FPA, the U.S.-based Engineering FPA Manager, Engineering leadership, Product Professional Services FPA, Accounting, HR, Procurement, and Corporate FPA to translate engineering activity, capacity, and cost drivers into accurate models, clear reporting, and useful business insight.

The right candidate is hands-on, analytically rigorous, highly curious, and comfortable going deep into workforce data, engineering spend, capitalization inputs, contractor/vendor analytics, cloud/tooling costs, and recurring FPA deliverables.

• Prepare accurate, timely, and well-documented forecast inputs that can be reviewed, consolidated, and explained by Engineering FPA leadership and Corporate FPA.

  CAPITALIZATION, COST STRUCTURE PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS

  • Support RD capitalization and OpEx/CapEx analysis by organizing inputs, tracking activity, maintaining supporting schedules, and partnering with Accounting/CAO under FPA leadership guidance.
  • Analyze cloud, tooling, vendor, contractor, and technology infrastructure spend tied to engineering productivity and cost efficiency.
  • Maintain reporting and analysis around RD spend as a percentage of revenue, cost by product/platform/initiative, capitalized versus expensed development, innovation versus maintenance capacity, and location mix.
  • Support vendor rationalization, contractor mix, location strategy, and build-versus-buy analysis by preparing clean datasets, trends, comparisons, and scenario outputs.

  DATA, DASHBOARDS PROCESS DISCIPLINE

  • Create and maintain repeatable reports, dashboards, and analysis packs that improve visibility into Engineering investment, capacity, productivity, and trade-offs.
  • Ensure Engineering FPA outputs are accurate, traceable, clearly documented, and consistent with FPA definitions, KPI standards, model architecture, and version-control expectations.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve recurring analysis and reporting processes using planning tools, BI tools, and analytical automation.
  • Maintain strong data hygiene across headcount, vendor, contractor, capitalization, cloud/tooling, and cost-center reporting inputs.

  WAYS OF WORKING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP

  • Develop deep fluency in Engineering/RD operations, technology cost drivers, and symplr s product/platform investment model.
  • Operate as an embedded tower resource rather than a generic shared-services analyst, building enough functional depth to anticipate questions and improve analysis quality over time.
  • Work collaboratively across U.S. and India time zones, balancing responsiveness with high-quality, well-organized analytical output.
  • Bring curiosity, ownership, and continuous-improvement mindset to a growing FPA function that is being built as an enterprise decision engine.

Skills Required

Qualifications Required:

• Bcom/MBA

EXPERIENCE BACKGROUND

• 3+ years of progressive finance, FPA, business finance, investment banking, corporate finance, consulting, analytics, or related experience.
• Experience supporting Engineering, Technology, Product, RD, SaaS, enterprise software, healthcare technology, or similarly complex operating environments preferred.
• Experience with workforce planning, headcount modeling, variance analysis, forecast support, vendor/contractor spend analysis, or management reporting strongly preferred.
• Exposure to PE-backed, high-growth, scaling, multi-product, or operationally complex businesses is helpful but not required.

TECHNICAL ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES

• Strong financial modeling, Excel, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with ability to manage detail while telling a clear business story.
• Working knowledge of workforce planning, scenario analysis, variance analysis, cost-center reporting, vendor analytics, and productivity metrics.
• Familiarity with RD capitalization, OpEx/CapEx concepts, cloud/tooling cost analysis, and technology cost structures preferred.
• Comfortable working with planning systems, BI tools, ERP/financial systems, and large datasets; curiosity about automation and AI-enabled analytical improvements.

WAYS OF WORKING

• Hands-on analyst with strong ownership, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to ask why before accepting surface-level answers.
• High attention to detail, strong documentation habits, and commitment to producing accurate, timely, and explainable work product.
• Clear communicator who can summarize analysis, risks, and drivers for finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Builder mindset with a bias toward practical process improvement, scalable reporting, and continuous learning.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

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